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One of the few religious phenomena I have not been
able to explain is this: How is it that the well-known
Saba'ltes (Sabians), so predominant in the Arabian peninsula
and Mesopotamia, did not embrace Christianity if the
Prophet John the Baptist had really and openly declared
and presented Jesus as the "more powerful" Prophet than
himself, and the Messiah whose shoes he was not worthy
to unloose? If, as foretold by John, Jesus was the Prophet
of Allah who came to baptize with the Holy Spirit and
with fire the myriads whom he "dyed" in the water of the
Jordan and elsewhere, why did not Prophet Jesus baptize them
instantly with the Spirit and with fire and then purge of
idolatry all the lands promised by Allah to the seed of
Prophet Abraham and establish the Kingdom of God by force and
able to explain is this: How is it that the well-known
Saba'ltes (Sabians), so predominant in the Arabian peninsula
and Mesopotamia, did not embrace Christianity if the
Prophet John the Baptist had really and openly declared
and presented Jesus as the "more powerful" Prophet than
himself, and the Messiah whose shoes he was not worthy
to unloose? If, as foretold by John, Jesus was the Prophet
of Allah who came to baptize with the Holy Spirit and
with fire the myriads whom he "dyed" in the water of the
Jordan and elsewhere, why did not Prophet Jesus baptize them
instantly with the Spirit and with fire and then purge of
idolatry all the lands promised by Allah to the seed of
Prophet Abraham and establish the Kingdom of God by force and